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SAINT HONORATUS, BISHOP OF VERCELLI - 28 OCTOBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 28th of October SAINT HONORATUS, BISHOP OF VERCELLI Saint Honoratus, Bishop of Vercelli, was ordained by  Saint Ambrose in the year 397. According to the Roman breviary on April 4, he also had to receive the Last Rites the same year and died shortly after. Nothing else is known of Saint Honoratus' life. Zedler * states that he was the third bishop of Vercelli, successor to Saint Limenius and predecessor of Saint Dunschelius (Duscelius or Celius). The Bollandists * list him on October 18 among the Praetermissi , and the Roman Martyrology * mentions Saint Honoratus on October 28. (El., Mg.) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 764) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Honoratus may increase ...